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Vancouver Centre RCCO’s 6th annual Halloween Concert, Saturday October 27, 2012 at St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church.

Sam Balden, RCCO Regional Director for British Columbia, writes: Vancouver RCCO executive member Michael Molnar recently participated in the “O World Project”, and his original performance, recorded at Ryerson United Church, can be found at YouTube. Being more than a little intrigued by this performance, I asked Michael for his commentary on how this all … Read More “An Ambassador for the Organ” »

Organist Christina Hutten presenting a lecture-recital on John Stanley’s music at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church on Saturday October 13, 2012, organized by the Vancouver RCCO with the help of members of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church.  The RCCO Vancouver Centre’s organ pipe display, created by Michael Dirk and Michael Molnar, was also featured.

2012 Annual Members’ Recital Article contributed by Michael Molnar What better way to celebrate a historic organ than to perform a members’  recital on it. On April 27th, a diverse group of organists beautifully  exploited the plethora of eight-foot stops on Holy Trinity’s distinctly  romantically voiced organ. In promotion of the upcoming Church  Musicians Summer … Read More “Members’ Recital 2012” »

RCCO Organ Crawl, Saturday March 3, 2012: Trinity Lutheran Church, Richmond. 1975 Wicks organ of two manuals and pedal, 10 ranks, 21 stops.  Freestanding case in the rafters at the back, detatched console,  electric action, classical voicing. Trinity Baptist Church, Vancouver. 1960 Casavant of two manuals and pedal, divided rear gallery  installation with detached console, … Read More “RCCO Organ Crawl, Saturday March 3, 2012” »

On Sunday, January 22, 2012, after playing for the service at my own church, I hightailed it over to Holy Trinity Anglican in order to catch the end of their service and to represent the RCCO in a special certificate presentation. Holy Trinity has been granted a Class C designation (by the RCCO Historic Organ … Read More “Holy Trinity Anglican Church – RCCO Historic Organ Citation Presentation” »

Spooky and Scary Hallowe’en Organ Music Saturday 29 October 2011 at St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church A 6th annual offering of the Royal Canadian College of Organists, Vancouver Centre. Performers: Rachel Alflatt, Gordon Atkinson, Sam Balden,  Michael Dirk,Tamar Genossar, Michael Molnar, David Poon For organists, doing a recital near Halloween should be a fairly  straightforward affair. … Read More “Halloween Concert 2011” »

On May 27th, 2011 the RCCO held its annual members recital at St. John’s Shaughnessy in Vancouver. The concert was organized by Michael Molnar and David Poon and was a great success with 10 organists performing music to the theme of cohesion.  Michael Molnar introduced the performers and the music and wittily explained how the … Read More “Members Recital 2011” »